While many American craft brewers are pushing the porter style to the extreme, our goal was to make a beer that plays on the subtleties of chocolate and dark fruit flavors. To that end, we used two chocolate malts backed up by some menacingly dark English crystal malt to yield notes of dried cherries, caramelized raisins, and pure dark chocolate. The addition of Mexican brown sugar brings an extra layer of complexity while allowing the beer to be dry, with a slight rummy finish.